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Emerging from the tiny commune of Saint-Cyr-des-Gats in 2006, Shitoitsu delivers grindcore blasts from one of the most improbable rural locations in the French extreme music underground. Their relentless sonic assault proves that ferocious grind can germinate anywhere.
Shitstorm unleash thrash and death metal from Horovice, channeling raw aggression through compositions that favor speed and impact. Active since 2009, they've been grinding through the Czech underground for over a decade.
Oakland's Shitty Fucker have been grinding out their Bay Area blend of death/thrash and grindcore since 2017, drawing on the region's long tradition of aggressive, politically charged underground metal with an unpolished, high-energy assault.
Philadelphia's Shiv merge death metal's crushing heaviness with hardcore's blunt-force directness, operating out of Philly's notoriously intense extreme music scene since 2016 with a sound as sharp and purposeful as their name implies.
Wichita, Kansas groove and nu-metal act Shiva formed in 2023, tapping into the heavy, mid-paced groove sensibilities of the genre while adding the abrasive, hook-driven elements that defined nu-metal's crossover appeal — an unexpected entry from the Kansas underground.
Clearwater, Florida's Shiver have been serving up heavy, fuzz-soaked stoner metal since 2013, drawing on the peculiar tension between Florida's sun-drenched geography and the genre's slow, narcotic heaviness to craft a distinctly hazy, psychedelic sound.
Formed in Detroit in 2023, Shivers channel the city's long history of unrelenting extremity into a goregrind and death metal assault — visceral, low-fidelity, and built for maximum discomfort.
Shkura deal in death metal and grindcore from the Estonian underground, channeling extreme aggression through short, brutal compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring raw intensity to the Baltic extreme scene.
Heavy metal band from Genk in Belgian Limburg with roots stretching back to 1992, making them one of the longest-running acts in the region's metal history. Over three decades of activity have cemented their status as stalwarts of the Limburg metal scene.
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